House Notice of Public Hearing, REVISION — Trade, Workforce & Economic Development (May 14, 2025)

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This House of Representatives notice of public hearing, marked REVISION, is for the Trade, Workforce & Economic Development committee at 8:00 AM on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in E2.014, with Rep. Angie Button as chair. The committee will meet to hear public testimony on bills including SB 315, relating to a property right in DNA with injunctive relief, a civil penalty and a criminal offense, and SB 584, relating to the responsibility of consumer reporting agencies. It also lists SB 1228, SB 1484, SB 1802 and SB 1860. The Chair may limit public testimony to two (2) minutes.

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                               ** REVISION **
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE:     Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
TIME & DATE:   8:00 AM, Wednesday, May 14, 2025
PLACE:         E2.014
CHAIR:         Rep. Angie Button

The Committee will meet to hear public testimony on the following bills:

SB 315         Kolkhorst | et al.
Relating to a property right in DNA; providing injunctive relief and a
civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.

SB 584         West | et al.
Relating to the responsibility of consumer reporting agencies to ensure
compliance with certain consumer reporting laws.

SB 1228        Hughes
Relating to the continuation of the Task Force on Consolidation of
Workforce and Social Services.

SB 1484        Hinojosa, Adam | et al.
Relating to the marketing and sale of catfish and similar fish by food
service establishments, food service suppliers, wholesalers, distributors,
and wholesale distributors; providing administrative and civil penalties.

SB 1802        Alvarado | et al.                     Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to a landlord's duty to repair or remedy certain conditions.

SB 1860        Hughes
Relating to the applicability of laws protecting minors from harmful
material on digital services.

The Chair may limit public testimony to two (2) minutes.



Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to
agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until
the hearing is adjourned by visiting:
https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c473

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person
witness registration, can be found here:
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https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here:
https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location are
available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-
committee-meetings/


Bills added after last posting:
SB 1802

  **         See Committee Coordinator for previous versions         **
                             of this notice.


NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS
Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need
assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are requested to contact
Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the meeting so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.




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